Reference: Convicts And The Arts by Maxwell Howell and Lingyu Xie. Chapters are dedicated to the following subjects: Novels, Poetry, Songs/Ballads, Theatre, Stonemasons/Sculptors/Architetcts, Engravers, Love Tokens, Tattoos, Breastplates, Silversmiths, Artefacts/Scrimshaw etc, Currency, Graffiti, Glaziers, Cartoons, Potters, Jewellery, Clay Pipes, Weaving/Spinning/Quilting/Needlework/Oakum, Shoemaking/Tailoring/Dressmaking, Furniture and Miscellaneous.
See also the authors’ other book: Art of the Convicts which has biographies of 22 artists.
[’Emeritus Professor Max Howell has two earned doctorate degrees, one from the University of California at Berkeley and the other from the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa . He also has an Honorary Doctor of Laws degree (LL.D) from the University of Alberta. He was Foundation Chair and first Professor of Human Movement Studies at The University of Queensland, and has held distinguished posts in Canada and the United States. He has been President of the North American Society of Sport History (NASSH), President of the Canadian Association for health, Physical Education and Recreation (CAHPER) and President of the Canadian Association of Sport Sciences (CASS). He was honoured with an Order of Australia (AO) for his contribution to graduate study and sport history in Australia and overseas. He has published extensively, particularly in sport and games in various civilizations. He represented Australia in Rugby Union (a Wallaby) and coached Canada. He has been called a Renaissance man. Dr Lingyu Xie was born in the People's Republic of China and is a research expert, particularly in sport history. She completed her bachelor's and master's degrees at the Beijing Institute of Physical Education (now Beijing Sport University) and her PhD at The University of Queensland. Her thesis was 'Sport in the Golden Age of Ancient China'. She lectured in sport history at the Beijing Institute of Physical Education and then became a research worker in the China Sport Museum in Beijing. She has published a number of papers, a chapter on sport history and some seven books. An outstanding athlete, she captained her province in volleyball for a number of years and played a few games representing China in beach Volleyball.’][’Our previous book, has been covered reasonably well but art is only once facet of the arts that has been examined to any extent. This book concerns itself with . This book, then, endeavors to look at the convicts’ contribution to the arts, and demonstrates without doubt that the convicts made a significantly broader contribution to the culture of Australia than previously thought.’]
Publishing details: Howell-Xie (privately published - CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform), 2013, First Edition, pb, 439 pages.
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